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A Family Affair: Harolds Club and the Smiths Remembered

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A Family Affair: Harolds Club and the Smiths Remembered

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University of Nevada Oral History Program

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Harold’s Club, gaming industry, gambling, AB 98, Casino Gambling Act, Raymond I. Smith, Harold Jr. Smith, Reno, Nevada, World War II, Howard Hughe, Summa Corporation, Raymond A. Smith, Harold Smith
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University of Nevada Oral History Program
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English
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Transcripts of interviews in the University of Nevada Oral History Archive are copyrighted materials. They may be downloaded and/or printed for personal reference and educational use, but not sold or used in commercial products without permission.
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Nevada’s legislature legalized casino gambling in 1931. Soon after, the Smith family moved to Reno in order to take part in the business. They founded Harold’s Club in Reno in 1935. From the 1940s to the early 1960s, Harold’s Club was the largest casino in Nevada and probably the most widely known in the world. Perhaps the most significant factor in the club’s success in the 1940s was World War II, when a steady stream of servicemen who were stationed at military facilities near Reno flowed through the casino.  This oral history recalls wartime operations of Harold’s Club; the relationships between its owners and employees, and the vast history that encompassed the casino.

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Oral history transcripts from the University of Nevada Oral History Program are derived from interviews recorded between 1964 and 2014. The archive is housed and managed in Special Collections in the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Original audio recordings of most interviews are available for research purposes upon request. High-resolution copies of photographs from transcripts can also be requested from Special Collections.Inquiries about the University of Nevada Oral History Archive may be addressed to UNR Special Collections (specoll@unr.edu, 775-682-5665).

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2018-07-02 20:36:34
Date-digital
2012
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FamilyAffairHaroldsClub
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ark:/13960/t2p62jn4f
Interview-date
1997-1999
Interviewee
Applewhite, Patricia; Beasley, Rosalie, 1923-2004; Bergmann, Harry J., 1922-2009; Bletcher, Mary; Brown, Margaret Ellen, 1916-2003; Cable, David, 1919-; Chiatovich, Cleo Della Quadri; Clifford Jr., Charles F., 1931-; Davis, Ruth Yonne "Todd", 1932-2005; Ennes, Sally Jeanne, 1941-; Evans, Wilma R. "Willie", 1931-; Harper, Arline Johnston, 1926-; Hogan, Midge Madalyn, 1917-; Jones, Louise; Kerr, George, 1917-2001; Kling, Dwayne A., 1929-; Kling, Rose Marie, 1943-; Kofoed, Leslie S., 1909-1981; Lazzarone, Albert, 1923-; Matthews, Bonnie Brook Good, 1941-; Orlich, Dan, 12/21/1924-; Peterson, Lucille Vinson, 1924-; Pinkerton, Jean; Powers Jr., Roy Earnest, 1922-2012; Price, Mary (Meri), 1937-; Salas, William Donald, 1935-; Schwarz, Marcia Hilda, 1923-; Smith (Barnes), Laura June, 1942-; Smith, Diane, 1945-; Smith, George R.; Smith, Phyllis, 1936-; Streeter, Jack, 1921-2013; Voss, Marjorie E., 1921-; Voss, Norwin Darl, 1925-2004; Whear, Twyila Smith, 11/6/1945-; Whitton-Canby, Dorothy, 1920-; Wilbur, James A., 1920-; Zahnd, Pauline Lucille, 1921-
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Kling, Dwayne, 1929-
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